Letter : Washington, D.C., to Edgar T. Welles, n.p., 1886 Jan. 30.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Edgar T. Welles, n.p., 1886 Jan. 30.

Letter signed. Relates to information in Gideon Welles's diary concerning Abraham Lincoln's proposal to transmit $400,000,000 to the Confederate states for emancipation, peace, and the ratification of the thirteenth amendment.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671662

University of Chicago Library

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